Dear Friends,
I have a good report to make on Brian Harrison, Texas State Representative, district 10, (https://ballotpedia.org/ Brian_E._Harrison_(Texas)). I heard him speak at Restore the Republic (RTR) in Little Elm on June 26, 2026. In the past he worked in Washington in the first Trump administration.
In Austin he has worked against DEI (diversity-equity-inclusion). He told us that DEI was a driving factor in new contracts. He sheds light on what is going on in Austin. He told us that Texas supports illegal immigration by registering the vehicles of illegal aliens.
You can follow him on Facebook and X (twitter)
Brian Harrison was recently honored at an honors banquet in Tyler, Texas.
He is listed in the House of Good Cards, along with our own Keresa Richardson.
Brian Harrison
Keresa Richardson
Talarico
He told us that James Talarico made Dustin Burrows Speaker of the Texas House. In return Burrows appointed him to these committees:
Calendars Committee
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee
Public Education Committee
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee
Public Education Committee
The Calendars Committee decides which bill pass and which will die. Burrows allowed Talarico to pass a bunch of bills, while blocking Harrison to very few bills.
One of Talarico's commercials in his run for U.S. Senate boasts of passing 60 bipartison bills. Republlican Dustin Burrows created Talarico as viable candidate to run against our Republican candidate, Ken Paxton.
The Importance of Rules
The way that the Rules of the Texas House of Representatives are written have turned the Speaker of the House into a tyrant. I encourage everyone to read this small book: Who Rules the Texas House?: How Constituent Sovereignty Has Been Usurped Over Time by Kent Grusendorf.
Any deliberative body that allows its rules to be changed to diminish the power of the membership and increase the power of the Chairman or President is going to get swindled.
The reason that Democrats can be in the minority and still control the Texas House, the reason that the Speaker of the Texas House is basically a tyrant is all due to changes to the House Rules.
This is why Precinct Chairs need to be attentive to changes to Party Rules, so they don't get swindled.
Conclusions
1.) Brian Harrison is worth following. He tries to inform us. He travelled to Little Elm to speak to a local club. He travels to Tyler to participate in meetings there. He's making an effort to keep us informed.
2.) Maybe everyone should read "Who Rules the Texas House?"
3.) Rules changes can be treacherous.
Thank you for your time. Below is a copy of what Brian Harrison handed out at RTR.
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